On April 17, the cryptocurrency market experienced widespread gains, with the AI sector showing significant growth. According to Odaily, the AI sector rose by 12.48% over 24 hours, with Siren (SIREN) surging 92.70% and SkyAI (SKYAI) increasing by 32.37%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) saw a slight decline of 0.14%, hovering around $74,000, and Ethereum (ETH) fell by 1.12%, remaining above $2,300.

In other sectors, the Meme sector rose by 12.03%, with ORDI (ORDI) jumping 153.69%. The Layer2 sector increased by 5.36%, led by Celestia (TIA) with a 22.55% rise. The Layer1 sector climbed 2.91%, with Polkadot (DOT) up 11.33%. The DeFi sector saw a 2.82% increase, with Ethena (ENA) gaining 11.36%. The PayFi sector rose by 2.80%, with Safe (SAFE) up 15.49%, and the CeFi sector increased by 1.39%, with FTX (FTT) rising 5.43%.

Indices reflecting historical trends in these sectors showed that the ssiMeme, ssiLayer2, and ssiNFT indices rose by 7.74%, 4.91%, and 4.57%, respectively.